Deuteronomy 28
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Deuteronomy 28:22-42

22Jehovah will smite thee with consumptionH7829, and with feverH6920, and with inflammation, and with burning ague, and with drought, and with blightH7711, and with mildewH3420, and they shall pursueH7291 thee until thou perishH6.

23And thy heavensH8064 which are over thy headH7218 shall beH1961 brass, and the earthH776 which is under thee, ironH1270.

24Jehovah will giveH5414 as the rainH4306 of thy landH776 powder and dustH6083; from the heavensH8064 shall it comeH3381 down upon thee until thou be destroyedH8045.

25Jehovah will giveH5414 thee up smitten before thine enemiesH341; thou shalt goH3318 out against them oneH259 wayH1870, and by sevenH7651 waysH1870 shalt thou fleeH5127 before them; and thou shalt beH1961 driven hither and thither into all the kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776.

26And thy carcase shall beH1961 meat unto all the fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earthH776, and there shall beH1961 no man to scare them away.

27Jehovah will smite thee with the ulcers of EgyptH4714, and with boilsH7822, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healedH7495.

28Jehovah will smite thee with madnessH7697, and with blindnessH5788, and with astonishment of heartH3824;

29and thou shalt gropeH4959 at noonday, as the blindH5787 gropeth in darknessH653, and thou shalt not prosperH6743 in thy waysH1870; and thou shalt beH1961 onlyH389 oppressedH6231 and spoiled continually, and there shall beH1961 none to saveH3467.

30Thou shalt betrothH781 a wifeH802, and another manH376 shall lie with her; thou shalt buildH1129 a houseH1004, and thou shalt not dwellH3427 therein; thou shalt plantH5193 a vineyardH3754, and shalt not eat of it.

31Thine oxH7794 shall be slaughteredH2873 before thine eyesH5869, and thou shalt not eatH398 thereof; thine ass shall be snatched awayH7725 from before thy faceH6440, and shall not returnH7725 to thee; thy sheepH6629 shall be givenH5414 unto thine enemiesH341, and thou shalt have none to recover them.

32Thy sonsH1121 and thy daughtersH1323 shall be givenH5414 unto another peopleH5971, and thine eyesH5869 shall lookH7200, and languish for them all the dayH3117 long; and there shall be no power in thy handH3027 [to help it].

33The fruitH6529 of thy groundH127 and all thy labour, shall a peopleH5971 that thou knowest not eatH398 up; and thou shalt beH1961 onlyH7535 oppressedH6231 and crushedH7533 continually.

34And thou shalt beH1961 madH7696 through the sight of thine eyesH5869 which thou shalt seeH7200.

35Jehovah will smite thee in the knees and in the legs with evilH7451 ulcers, whereof thou canst not be healedH7495, from the soleH3709 of thy footH7272 unto the top of thy head.

36Jehovah will bring thee, and thy kingH4428 whom thou shalt setH6965 over thee, unto a nationH1471 that neither thou nor thy fathersH1 have knownH3045, and there shalt thou serveH5647 otherH312 1godsH430, woodH6086 and stoneH68.

37And thou shalt becomeH1961 an astonishment, a proverbH4912, and a bywordH4912, among all the peoplesH5971 whither Jehovah shall lead thee.

38Thou shalt carry muchH7227 seedH2233 out into the fieldH7704, and shalt gatherH622 littleH4592 in; for the locustH697 shall devour it.

39Thou shalt plantH5193 and till vineyardsH3754, but shalt drinkH8354 no wineH3196, nor gatherH103 [the fruit]; for the wormsH8438 shall eatH398 it.

40Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy bordersH1366, but thou shalt not anointH5480 thyself with oilH8081; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.

41SonsH1121 and daughtersH1323 shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them [to beH1961 with thee]; for they shall go into captivityH7628.

42All thy treesH6086 and the fruitH6529 of thy groundH127 shall the locust possessH3423.

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  1. 1. Deuteronomy 28:36 28.36 Elohim ↩

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